The final champions for the Florida Soaring Series Saturday and Sunday events is determined from each of the scores achieved at the contests flown throughout the year. The end of season awards are given to pilots based on the following:
A total of normalized scores based on number of contest stated below.
If 4 or 5 contests are put on within one year, then the 3 highest scores for each pilot will be totaled.
If 6 or 7 contests are put on within one year, then the 4 highest scores for each pilot will be totaled.
If 8 or 9 contests are put on within one year, then the 5 highest scores for each pilot will be totaled.
If 10 or 11 contests are put on within one year, then the 6 highest scores for each pilot will be totaled.
The end of year awards were presented at the first FSS meeting in 2010 which was held at the Cocoa FL IRKS field on Feb 20 and 21st.
Final positions were as follows.
2009 FSS contest results: | ||||
Saturday events | Sunday events | |||
Expert class | Expert class | |||
1st Place | Rick Eckel | 1st Place | Gordon Buckland | |
2nd Place | Gordon Buckland | 2nd Place | Rick Eckel | |
3rd Place | Rich Kiburis | 3rd Place | Allan Parsons | |
Sportsman class | Sportsman class | |||
1st Place | Jim Blacketer | 1st Place | Rick Lake | |
2nd Place | Rick Horlander | 2nd Place | Jamie Buckland | |
3rd Place | Buddy Bradley | 3rd Place | Lance Ropke |